The 10-ball discipline at the Dynamic Billard European Championships 2019 is over and the medals have been awarded.
In the men’s division, Mieszko Fortunski (POL) won the title after a fierce fight with Casper Matikainen (FIN) in the final match. Matikainen had the better start and stormed off with a 3:0 lead over Fortunski. The Finish played pretty confident and displayed no weakness until that stage in the match. Then suddenly he started committing mistakes. Fortunski capitalized from them and gained strength from his opponent’s errors. Then, Matikainen was also very unlucky with his break. While it worked pretty well in the beginning, it did let him down during the match. He scratched three times in a row on his own break shot and it could be witnessed how his confidence left him and he had no trust in himself anymore. Fortunski got stronger and stronger and in the end succeeded in sealing the deal with a comfortable 8:4 victory over Matikainen.
2019 歐錦賽10號球項目在特雷維索 (Treviso) 結束爭奪。男子組、女子組與輪椅組分別由 Mieszko Fortunski 、Christine Feldmann 與 Henrik Larsson 分別拿下。
男子組決賽在波蘭的 Mieszko Fortunski 與來自芬蘭的 Casper Matikainen 之間上演。開賽後，Matikainen 表現得非常有自信並取得3-0的領先。但隨後不僅開始出現失誤，連衝球的運氣也非常地差，他在個人的開球局連續三局衝球後母球洗袋。Fortunski 狠狠地抓住機會，並且越打越順手，最終就以8-4擊敗 Matikainen 摘冠。
Mieszko Fortunski (POL)｜Photo of DK/EPBF
Top 8 Men 男子組前八強
1. Mieszko Fortunski (POL)
2. Casper Matikainen (FIN)
3. Thorsten Hohmann (GER)
Joao Grilo (POR)
5. Pijus Labutis (LTU)
Fabio Rizzi (FRA)
Tomasz Kaplan (POL)
Mariusz Skoneczny (POL)
In the women’s division, Christine Feldmann (SUI) surprisingly took the title against highly favoured Kristina Tkach (SUI) with 6:3. Feldmann had performed outstandingly throughout the discipline so far and rightfully booked her seat in the final match, winning 6:3 over Tamara Peeters-Rademakers (NED) in the semi-final. Tkach ousted Jasmin Ouschan (AUT) 6:5 in the same round in a monster clash. Tkach was highly favoured for the title but Feldmann simply played better and kept her nerves together. The final match was not even close with Feldmann dominating it throughout the whole course of the match. In the end, Feldmann won her third European title after winning 1993 in the girl’s 9-ball division and 2005 in the women’s 8-ball.
女子組則由瑞士選手 Christine Feldmann 挑上俄羅斯新秀 Kristina Tkach。Feldmann 在10號球項目的比賽中表現得相當出色，半決賽中6-3淘汰荷蘭選手 Tamara Peeters-Rademakers 取得決賽門票。而她的對手 Tkach 則以6-5力克 Jasmin Ouschan。Feldmann 在決賽持續其亮眼的好表現，終場 Feldmann 出人意料地以6-3打敗備受青睞的 Tkach 奪得金牌。而這也是 Feldmann 自1993年青少年歐錦賽女子9號球及2005年歐錦賽女子8號球後的第三面獎牌。
Christine Feldmann (SUI)｜Photo of DK/EPBF
Top 8 Women 女子組前八強
1. Christine Feldmann (SUI)
2. Kristina Tkach (RUS)
3. Jasmin Ouschan (AUT)
Tamara Peeters-Rademakers (NED)
5. Jessika Nilsson (SWE)
Veronika Ivanovskaia (GER)
Marharyta Fefilava (BLR)
Kristina Zlateva (BUL)
In the wheelchair division, there was one new face in the final match. Kaspars Turks (LAT) had to play against multiple Champion Henrik Larsson (SWE). Being in the final was already a huge achievement for Turks. He ousted favoured Fred Dinsmore (IRL) in the semi-final match and was ready for more against Larsson. But the Swede is very experienced with many titles underneath his belt already. After having defeated his biggest rival, defending Champion Jouni Tahti (FIN) in the quarter-final already, Larsson did not want to allow anyone to take that medal away from him anymore. So the match turned pretty much into a one-man-show from Henrik Larsson. The Swede pulled rack after rack from Turks and managed to win the title with a clear 6:1 result over Turks.
最後輪子組方面，則由首次打進決賽的拉脫維亞選手 Kaspars Turks 遇上決賽經驗豐富的瑞典好手 Henrik Larsson。Turks 在四強賽擊敗實力堅強的愛爾蘭選手 Fred Dinsmore，而 Larsson 在八強賽淘汰了最大競爭對手芬蘭名將 Jouni Tahti 後，展現出其勢不可擋的氣勢，最終以6-1輕鬆擊敗 Turks 奪冠。
Henrik Larsson (SWE)｜Photo of DK/EPBF
Top 8 Wheelchair 輪椅組前八強
1. Henrik Larsson (SWE)
2. Kaspars Turks (LAT)
3. Tony Southern (GBR)
Fred Dinsmore (IRL)
5. Jouni Tahti (FIN)
Roy Kimberley (GBR)
Emil Malanowski (POL)
Kim-Ronny Nygard (NOR)
The medal table displays a clear lead for Poland, having won both Gold Medals in the men’s division so far.
he Dynamic Billard European Championships 2019 for men, women, U23 and wheelchair athletes will commence tomorrow morning at 09:00 CET with matches in the 8-ball individuals competition Men and Under 23.
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CN/Alison